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FM ONG KONG 291015Z NOV 78
TO MEDIATE F CO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1371 OF 29 NOVEMBER
YOUR TELNO 876. 77
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 30 NOV 1978
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1. WE HAVE NO RECORD THAT ANY REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE FOR
ASSISTANCE FROM THE BRITISH MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE MEDICAL
RESEARCH COUNCIL IN THE WORK OF THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST
NARCOTICS.
2. DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE HAD ASSISTANCE FROM THE
UNITED STATES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE, FIRST, IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERISED CENTRAL REGISTRY OF DRUG ADDICTS, AND SECOND, WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC FOR ADDICTS
USING ACUPUNCTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ELECTRO-STIMULATION.
3. THE TWO AMERICAN EXPERTS WHO ASSISTED US WITH THE CRDA PROJECT,
WHICH IS NOW PRODUCING VALUABLE REPORTS ON CHARACTERISTICS OF
AND TRENDS IN, OUR ADDICT POPULATION, AND WHICH WILL IN DUE
COURSE PROVIDE A MEANS OF ASSESSING THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF
OUR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE INITIATION OF A SIMILAR REGISTRY IN NEW YORK CITY SOME
8 YEARS AGO.
4. THE ACUPUNCTURE PROJECT WAS DIRECTED BY DR WEN HSIANG LAI,
A LOCAL NEUROSURGEON, WHO IS A WORLD PIONEER IN THE TREATMENT OF
DRUG ADDICTION USING AES. DR MARCARET PATERSON, WHO HAS EXPERIMENTED WITH AES IN LONDON, WAS ONE OF DR WEN'S ORIGINAL ASSISTANTS.
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